Shopping in Middlesbrough, 1877

Trade advertisements from The Weekly Exchange
(price one penny)

Thursday 25 January 1877

AMOS HINTON
TEA, COFFEE, FRUIT, SPICE, AND
PROVISION MERCHANT.
10, 12, AND 14, SOUTH-STREET
AND
ALBERT HOUSE,
LINTHORPE-ROAD, MIDDLESBRO'.

A.H. respectfully invites the attention of the Inhabitants of the South Side of the town to his Shop at the

CORNER OF LINTHORPE-ROAD
AND GILKES-STREET.

It is supplied with Goods the same, and at the same Prices as his South-street Shop, and which for Price and Quality will bear comparison with any house in the Kingdom.

.............

TAILORS, DRESSMAKERS,
AND QUILTERS
Should buy
AT WHOLESALE PRICES,
AT
JOHN NEWHOUSE'S,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRAPER,
37 & 39, WILSON STREET,
MIDDLESBROUGH.

..................

NEW STYLES FOR GENTLEMEN.
EDMUND WARD
Begs to call special attention to the
TAILORING DEPARTMENT
Which is now complete with all the Newest Designs in

COATINGS, FANCY TROUSERINGS, FANCY VESTINGS,
DOESKINS, TWEEDS, &c.

And having secured the services of a THOROUGHLY-QUALIFIED AND PRACTICAL
CUTTER, Gentlemen favouring him with their Orders may always rely upon getting a
PERFECT FIT AND FIRST-CLASS WORKMANSHIP
 At a Moderate Price.

GENT'S TIES, SCARVES, SHIRTS, AND COLLARS
Of the Newest Designs always on hand.

EDMUND WARD,
41, HIGH STREET, STOCKTON-ON-TEES

.....................

JOHN MILLIGAN,
BOOKSELLER & STATIONER,
89, SMEATON STREET
NORTH ORMESBY,
Respectfully intimates that he has on
hand a varied assortment of

BOOKS AND STATIONERY.

Orders for Books, Newspapers, Periodicals,
Printing and Bookbinding punctually attended
to.

.........................

The Largest and most extensive
Glass Warehouse, Carving and
Gilding, Picture Frame, Moulding, and
Mount Cutting Manufactury in the
North of England will be found at

R SCUPHAM'S
PICTURE FRAME WORKS
6, 8, 10, & 12, GARDEN STREET,
MIDDLESBROUGH.

R.S. is now replete in every branch of the above Businesses, having again extended his Premises, and is now in a position to offer to the "Trade and public in general" (who he has great pleasure in thanking for their previous patronage) both GLASS, MOULDINGS, PICTURES and FRAMES, and every other requisite, at Unrivalled Prices.
Quality guaranteed not to be excelled.

ESTIMATES GIVEN
For all kinds of Glass, Show Card Frames, Re-gilding, or any other branch of the above trade.

NOTE THE ADDRESS -

R. SCUPHAM,
6, 8, 10, & 12, GARDEN STREET,
MIDDLESBROUGH,
Off Linthorpe Road, and only Two minutes' walk from the Station.
Established 1861.

The Weekly Exchange: a Middlesbrough newspaper from 1877

I have found amongst my papers a couple of editions of The Weekly Exchange.  I'll post a selection from them over the next few weeks.  Some familiar names (Hintons) and some interesting stories ...

The Live Bait Squadron: 99 years ago

On this day in 1914, three British cruisers were sunk in the North Sea, torpedoed by a solitary German submarine.  The Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy were lost with the lives of 1,459 men and boys.

John Duncan Stubbs 1899-1914

Amongst them was John Duncan Stubbs, always known as Duncan.  He was born in Coatham, attended Coatham School, and lived in Nunthorpe. 

Men from Whitby were among the 837 lucky survivors.

If you are related to anybody from the cruisers, visit the Live Bait Squadron website and make contact with Henk van der Linden.

He is preparing for a centenary commemoration next year and wants to hear from you.

Hutton Rudby by Alfred M Aldersen

I haven't photographed this limited edition poster very well, but it's too pretty to leave out ...

News from Hutton Rudby: 1875 & 1876

York Herald
Thursday 21 October 1875

from an account of the Quarter Sessions at Northallerton

The Chairman, in his charge to the Grand Jury, said he was sorry he could not congratulate them upon any decrease in the extent of crime in the Riding, as there were no fewer than twenty-nine cases to be disposed of at these Sessions.  Although the number did not exceed the usual amount, yet the crimes charged against the prisoners were of a very grave character.  There were three cases of housebreaking, sixteen of stealing, two of unlawful wounding, three of uttering counterfeit coin, one of indecent assault, one of unlawful shooting, one of horse stealing, and two of obtaining goods under false pretences.  This was indeed a very serious list of offences.

And one of the offences was committed in Hutton Rudby.  Perhaps this was a prank that went wrong?  At any rate, the accused was acquitted. 

Robbery from the person at Hutton Rudby

James Honeyman (22), greengrocer, was indicted for stealing a purse containing £3 and several articles of wearing apparel from the person of Jonathan Fairburn, at Hutton Rudby, on the 4th inst.  Mr Darnbrough prosecuted, and Mr Thompson defended prisoner. 

Prosecutor is a labourer, and resides at Appleton Wiske, but on the day in question he was at Hutton Rudby, where he met the prisoner and two men named Passman and Barr.  Several public-houses were visited, and at length the prosecutor became intoxicated.  They each got a bottle of spirits and walked together along the high road towards Crathorne, after going some distance they sat down on the bank side and partook of the spirits. Prosecutor fell asleep, and on awaking found he had been robbed of his money and other property. 

Passman and Barr accompanied the prosecutor and the prisoner on the road, and saw the robbery committed whilst watching through an adjoining fence.  To them the prisoner offered half a sovereign to purchase their silence, but they declined, and gave information to the police. 

Evidence was called for the defence to show that Passman had seen the prisoner's father and said to him that he, Barr, and Honeyman were in trouble, and that they must go to the prosecutor and make it up.  Passman also told the prisoner's father that he did not see the robbery committed. 

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

The following report probably relates to the Mr Sherwood named in the Tree Planting map and notes.

Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
Monday 24 July 1876

Hutton Rudby

MR WM JEFF is instructed to SELL BY AUCTION, on MONDAY, July 24th, 1876, at the house of Mr J R Sherwood, Butcher, &c, under power of a bill of sale, the whole of his HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and effects; also, that well known GREY COB, 14 hands high; Spring Roller, Spring Cart, Harness, New Straw Cutter and other Implements, &c, &c.
Sale at Two p.m. prompt.

Grove House, Harrogate: 1912

Grove House, Harrogate 1912

Following my last blogpost, here is a second Yorkshire property from the Knight, Frank & Rutley brochure of 1912.

Grove House was the home of Samson Fox (1838-1903), engineer, industrialist and philanthropist. 

A remarkable man and a great benefactor of Harrogate, he was the ancestor of the celebrated Fox family acting dynasty – as you may know, if you saw the episode of Who Do You Think You Are? that featured Emilia Fox. 

There is a history of the house on wikipedia and jolly photos of Edward Fox unveiling a plaque at Grove House in May 2012 here.

YORKSHIRE

Ten minutes walk from Harrogate Station

A Valuable Residential Property
known as
GROVE HOUSE
Harrogate

Extending to 75 Acres

Or the House and nearly 15 Acres would be sold separately

The Handsome Stone-built Mansion stands 300 feet
above sea level, in well laid out Pleasure Grounds.  It
contains: –  Staircase Hall 33 ft. by 17 ft., Drawing
Room 30 ft. by 20 ft., Dining Room 26 ft. by 20 ft.,
Billiard Room 30 ft. by 20 ft., Library 26 ft. by 18 ft.,
Magnificent Ballroom or Picture Gallery 42 ft. by
30 ft., Study, Morning Room, Business Room, 26
Lofty Bed and Dressing Rooms (three of the Dressing
Rooms are fitted with Baths), Bathroom and the usual
Domestic Offices

Electric Light and Acetylene Gas installed
Modern Sanitation

Stabling for 17 Horses - Grooms’ Rooms
Motor-house with Pit, Two Cottages, Farmery

The Pleasure Grounds include Tennis and Croquet
Lawns, Flower Gardens, Small Lake, Museum and
Observatory with Telescope.

The 60 Acres of Meadowland
Which are ripe for development would not detract from
the privacy of the House and Grounds if built upon

Two Golf Links within two miles - Hunting with three Packs

Auctioneers & Land Agents Messrs. KNIGHT, FRANK & RUTLEY,
20, Hanover Square, London, W.

 

Grove House, Harrogate 1912

Probate of the Will of John Cole of Stokesley (c1812-1892)

John Cole of Stokesley made his Will on 19 December 1885. 

He left all his “household goods and Furniture plate linen Books Glass and China” to his two daughters Elizabeth Sarah and Jane.

His executors were William Robinson of Enterpen, Hutton Rudby, Yeoman, and George William Rickatson of Stokesley, Grocer.

The rest of his estate was divided equally between his daughters and his son William.

The Will was witnessed by C E Jameson, solicitor, Stokesley and J W Skeen, his clerk.

John Cole died on 2 February 1892, by which time William Robinson of Enterpen had died, so his Will was proved by George William Rickatson alone on 12 March 1892.  The gross value of his estate was £1,385. 10s. 0d.

John Cole was born in Gateshead and had lived in Stockton-on-Tees and Kirkby-in-Cleveland.  in his Will he is described as "gentleman", probably because he had been retired for some time.  In his working life, he had been an engine driver and a publican.  In 1861 he was running the Tilery Inn in Garbutt Street, Stockton-on-Tees.  By 1871 he had moved with his family to live near Stokesley and in 1881 he and his wife Elizabeth, then aged 69 and 55, were living at Cleveland Cottage in the parish of Kirkby-in-Cleveland near the Station Hotel, Stokesley. 

In 1891, John Cole was living in High Street, Stokesley.  He was a 70 year old widower, born in Gateshead, and in his household were his unmarried daughter Jane (30) and his married daughter Elizabeth S Passman (32).

Ten years earlier, he and his wife Elizabeth (55) had been living at Cleveland Cottage in the parish of Kirkby-in-Cleveland near the Station Hotel, Stokesley.  His wife was born in Hutton Rudby, and their unmarried daughters Jane and Elizabeth were with them.  They were then 24 and 25 years old, and had been born in Stockton. They had been living there for at least ten years

In 1861 John had been running the Tilery Inn in Garbutt Street, Stockton.  His son William was then an apprentice painter aged 19; there was a gap of 13 years between William and John's elder daughter Elizabeth.  The censuses show that William had been the middle son of three - there had also been an older boy, John, and a younger boy, James.